GEOS-1064: Climate History: Past, Present, and Future
Description: Introduction to the fundamental components of Earths climate system. Changes of Earths climate at different time scales. Climate change induced by plate tectonics, variations in Earths orbit and transition to and from ice ages. Historical and future changes of Earths climate. Climate models as tools to interpret climate data. Impacts of climate change. Climate ethics and policies.
Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 10 Ethical Reasoning
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 8
Average GPA: 3.22 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 32.90%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.95%
| Laura R Neser | 2023 | 45.9% | 35.3% | 11.0% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 3.24 | 3 |
| Luca Fedele | 2020 | 44.5% | 43.3% | 9.8% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 3.31 | 1 |
| Brian W Romans | 2024 | 48.5% | 35.9% | 10.5% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 3.27 | 3 |
| David M Sublett | 2021 | 33.3% | 38.9% | 16.7% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 0.0% | 2.93 | 1 |